![]() “The Evening and the Morning” is a most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series. Ken Follett is one of the great authors of our time and ‘The Evening and the Morning’ is exactly why, said Michael Cooper of Range Media. The result is a massive entertainment that illuminates an obscure corner of British history with intelligence and great narrative energy. Now, Follett's masterful new prequel The Evening and the Morning takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins. ![]() ![]() Rape, murder, arson, infanticide and betrayals of every stripe follow one another in relentless succession. It is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth set starting in 997 CE. Something dramatic, appalling or enraging happens in virtually every chapter. The Evening and the Morning is a historical fiction novel by Welsh author Ken Follett. Follett presents his worlds in granular detail, but the narratives never stand still. But perhaps the key to Follett’s success is the way in which his gifts as a thriller writer have merged so seamlessly with the larger demands of historical fiction. ![]() ![]() While the Kingsbridge novels are in no way formulaic, they all rely on common narrative elements, such as multiple alternating story lines, a large cast of characters from all levels of society, the patient accumulation of precise period detail, and specific long-term goals, such as the building of a cathedral or, in “World Without End,” a bridge and hospital. ![]()
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